El 07/05/13 14:35, onp...@gmail.com escribió: > How would the world be a better place if nobody put any thought in how > their actions might affect others? Just look at pollution, for > example. Many pollution incidents we have are because some company > dumped its wastes in a river or lake or ocean somewhere with no regard > for what could happen to others as a result. > > If you accept patented formats like MP3 as normal, you normalize it. > If a patented format like MP3 is normalized, other people's freedom is > compromised. If you distribute in patented formats like MP3, you > directly contribute to the problem, and that's just flat-out unethical. > > To clarify: > > - Using free software to see or hear the file in the patented format > is fine. > - Taking that patented format and converting it to a non-patented > format for others to use is like cleaning up the lake the company > dumped its crap into, and that's good. > - Complaining to webmasters about using patented formats is like > complaining to the company about the dumping, and that's good. > - *Paying* for the file is like doing business with the company, and > that's unhelpful. > - Complaining about a program not supporting a patented format is like > complaining that some other company refuses to do business with > water-polluting companies, and that's disruptive.
I think your wording is not correct in this part. I suppose you meant: - Complaining about a program not supporting a patented format is like complaining about some company doing business with water-polluting companies. That is disruptive. > - Distributing your own files under patented formats is like dumping > your own crap into the lake, and that's unethical. > > In this (imperfect, so please don't take it any further) analogy, I'm > one of the guys who lives near the lake and depends on it, Patented > Formats is the company dumping garbage into it, and you are some guy > some huge distance away saying we don't matter to you as long as you > get your Patented Formats. > > Great analogy! -- Saludos libres, Quiliro Ordóñez Presidente (en conjunto con el resto de socios) Asociación de Software Libre del Ecuador - ASLE Av de la Prensa N58-219 y Cristóbal Vaca de Castro Quito, Ecuador (02)-600 8579 IRC: http://webchat.freenode.net?channels=asle&uio=OT10cnVlJjEwPXRydWU3a Todo correo que reciba será tratado como información pública, de libre copia y modificación, sin importar cualquier nota de confidencialidad.
